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English Café: Notify or Announce
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Why is the following sentence wrong?: This problem has been notified to the vendors.
Notify means to give (someone) notice of (something), i.e., inform someone of something.
- We must notify our customers of any changes.
- The safety officer notified all personnel of the accident.
- Earlier this year, they were notified that their homes were to be cleared away.
- They must notify police about where they live and their movements.
- We have notified the vendors about this problem.
Announce means to say something, i.e., say something to a person(s), usually publicly.
- They announce the next station, and the train begins to slow down.
- The government announced a cut in taxes.
- PTTEP announced plans to expand the size of its operations abroad.
- The company’s senior vice president will announce her retirement next week.
- We announced this problem to the vendors.
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